In 1951, when India was still finding its footing as a young democracy, a quiet revolution unfolded in the corridors of its newly formed bureaucracy. A young woman from Kerala walked into the Indian Administrative Service a space that had, until then, been the exclusive preserve of men. Her name was Anna Rajam Malhotra, and she would go on to become India’s first woman IAS officer a pioneer whose determination and grace helped rewrite the rules of what women could achieve in public service.
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A DREAM BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Born on July 17, 1927, in the serene village of Niranam in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, Anna Rajam George grew up in an era when women were expected to stay behi
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